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Is it me or is it getting warm around here?
 

"Don't Dig Straight Down" is the 14th episode of Battle for BFDI and the 45th (by release date) or 50th (by in-universe order) episode of the overall series. It was released on Saturday, August 24, 2019.[1]

The episode is a continuation of the original 13th episode of Battle for BFDI, "Return of the Rocket Ship". Because of this, this episode surpasses BFDIA 5 as the longest challenge in the series, as the two episodes that contain this challenge equal a 47-minute runtime, while BFDIA 5's events are 45 minutes in total combined. It is unknown why the episodes weren't called BFB 13a and BFB 13b instead.

Plot[]

Team Ice Cube! discovers an inverted planet[]

This episode continues off after the events of "Return of the Rocket Ship" when members of Team Ice Cube! discover an unknown location underground. After a bright flash of light, it is revealed that they stumbled upon an Inverted Planet. Donut tells the team that he's heard stories about them, but never knew they lived so close to one. Gelatin and Naily immediately start running around, chasing each other.

They jump off of a tree, and Naily impales Barf Bag as she lands, spilling her barf everywhere. Donut begins to worry and tries to patch her up when she starts to feel sick and tells the two of them to stop running around, which Gelatin and Naily ignore. Soon after, the former tells Donut he found something.

The challenge continues[]

iance is then seen walking through the tunnel they're digging, and Ruby tells Flower she's mad that she killed Bubble when Flower argues that Ruby was about to impale two teams. The two squabble before Lightning questions the direction that they're digging in. Ruby agrees and starts to dig at Grassy's co-ordinates with Flower's help. Lightning compliments Flower on knowing the place, and the latter claims that as a plant, her leaves "point to the Sun". Snowball refutes this, as Flower does not have leaves.

Meanwhile, Beep is shown still falling in the pit Rocky created, only for Balloony to notice that Rocky's vomit isn't eroding the ground as fast as they are falling. Cloudy says that if they hit the acid, they'll disintegrate. Nickel reminds Cloudy of the fact that he can fly and uses this idea to prevent his team from falling any longer.

Foldy asks Yellow Face if he's the advertiser of a massive department store to ask if they sell emeralds. Yellow Face says otherwise, for they have "cheap plastic green toys" in place of the emeralds. Fries is against the idea of turning them in, as he doesn't want Four to be cheated. Marker reminds him of Four's response of Teardrop's drawing over a year ago: "you don't need frills to make a feast for the eyes." Fries is convinced by this and turns the toys in; and as a result, Free Food wins 1st.

As iance keeps digging, Ruby stops in her tracks and receives a strange feeling, identifying that the presence of Golf Ball is nearby. The team digs in a different direction in turn. Fanny declares she hates Golf Ball. Lightning questions why the team hates Golf Ball and why the team has a lot of nicknames for her, but Snowball says that he shouldn't ask.

As this happens, A Better Name Than That successfully finds an emerald underground. The team wall-jumps up the hole and turns in the emerald to Four, receiving 2nd for this episode. Tennis Ball is satisfied with the task "running smoothly", only to be disturbed by five pairs of arms coming out of Four's mouth. The arms then grab the Better Namers' emerald, much to Basketball's dismay, and Pen thanks the team for "giving" them an emerald. Inside, Four declares Death P.A.C.T. safe, earning them 3rd. Robot Flower and Blocky are outraged at them taking the emerald THEY turned in. Grassy is okay with it though, but Golf Ball is not. She says "Three" as a joke to Four, causing him to cough up the emerald.

Donut has patched up Barf Bag and is waiting for a response from her. She has now fallen into unconsciousness. Gelatin has found a hot spring, where the team can both chill out and refill Barf Bag. Bomby, as the strongest object in the team, grabs Barf Bag and dips her in water, waking her up. Seeing this Donut embraces her. Barf Bag, energized by the intake of water, says she feels "great".

Naily, Spongy, and Gelatin amuse themselves in the hot spring, while Barf Bag realizes that she feels great because the water is warm, and notes how it shouldn't be. She deduces that the team is nearby lava, but Donut refutes. Meanwhile, Spongy repeatedly cannonballs into the pool, creating cracks in the earth that send magma into the Inverted Planet.

Lava begins to spew upwards[]

To Barf Bag's surprise, the geyser of lava Spongy has uncovered shoots out of the spring, prompting everyone to evacuate the Inverted Planet. Gelatin and Naily successfully exit, but Bomby cannot due to how steep the exit is. Barf Bag suggests Spongy to serve as a climbing pad due to his friction, sending everyone else up top. The team attempts to pull Spongy up, however, they make no progress. Donut then sacrifices himself to get Spongy up, drowning in lava. Gelatin copes his distress of his friend's death by making dark humor, telling Barf Bag, who initially told him off for being "insensitive," to show that this was the case. Bomby then grabs Gelatin, saying that "there is no time for this". The rest of Team Ice Cube! run away from the Inverted Planet, now covered in lava.

Barf Bag sees an exit overhead, disappointed that no one can fly. Spongy states otherwise, showing that he has a private jet. The others request to jump in, but Spongy declines, stating that the ship only has one seat. Naily states that the one seat could be big enough for the rest of them, but spongy refuses to sacrifice himself, for not remembering him "last episode." Because of this, Bomby suggests that he'll sacrifice himself as a way to get his team out of the tunnel system, but Barf Bag doesn't want Bomby to do that. However, Bomby ignites himself with the lava. Gelatin, Naily, and Barf Bag get on top of Bomby, but Gelatin pushes off Naily just before Bomby explodes to establish some room for himself. As a result, Barf Bag and Gelatin successfully get out of the tunnel, while Naily is blasted to the side. She ends up falling in Beep's pit.

Lava starts to fill up all ways in the tunnel system. Nickel notices this and tells Cloudy to turn around, avoiding the lava. Balloony notices the acid floor and tells Cloudy to turn around. In this process, the team grabs Naily as she falls. Cloudy tells that the only way out is if Rocky can barf more acid. Balloony makes Rocky eat Nickel to serve as food to generate vomit and create a deeper tunnel. To Beep's and Naily's concern, they hit a floor down below.

Gelatin and Barf Bag exit the hole, celebrating that they escaped from underground. They embrace, and Barf Bag sarcastically thanks Spongy, though he later says that "there is only one seat." Gelatin finds the Better Namers' emerald near Four, assuming that it has been not retrieved. He turns it in, much to Golf Ball's annoyance, and Team Ice Cube! earns 4th. Needle witnesses Team Ice Cube! turning in the Better Namers' emerald to Four and she attempts to do the same, which works and makes The Losers! win 5th. This leaves Beep, iance and Bleh to find the last two emeralds.

iance is still digging underground and Lightning wonders why the team decided to pass up on an emerald. Ruby then reassures Lightning that they might find another emerald. To their surprise, they actually end up finding an emerald. Unfortunately, the team notices that the lava is right behind them, so they begin to dig to avoid it. As iance is digging to find a way out, they run into a tunnel that has already been filled with lava. Ruby then tells the team to blow as hard as they can to push away the lava, once they do, they begin to dig more. iance gets close to the surface but then digs the other direction because they sense Golf Ball's presence.

Golf Ball and Tennis Ball are seen sitting together near where iance is digging. Golf Ball states that the place around her is hotter than the average temperature. Tennis Ball tries to talk to Golf Ball about something but Golf Ball interrupts by continuing about how hot it is and that the grass around her is dying. Blocky assumes that Golf Ball is simply just "stinky" and the grass around her can't stand it.

Golf Ball comes to the conclusion that a team underground has run into lava that tries to escape but they risk saving their lives because of her, which turns out to be true but Robot Flower believes that it's highly unlikely. Golf Ball wants the underground team to stay underneath the ground so they will lose and be put up for elimination. So she steps on every patch of grass that is dying for fun, which Tennis Ball and Basketball do not find amusing.

Naily believes that the unknown floor she and Beep are standing on is the bottom of the earth. Balloony hopes not, and tries to dig the floor, but no progress is made. Balloony then asks Rocky to help, though he does not. Balloony then asks Woody to help dig but he cannot.

Golf Ball is still seen stepping on the dying grass, which actually forms a message made by iance to stop doing it. Blocky tells her that it's telling her to stop. Golf Ball thinks it's a fair argument, but continues anyway, which makes both Robot Flower and Blocky annoyed.

Balloony is still trying to dig, but Naily believes it's a lost cause. Balloony then gets the idea to use Naily to dig the ground. That works but then causes sirens to wail. It is then revealed that the floor is the roof of an underground factory, which is revealed to be under the ownership of Golf Ball, and that sirens are blaring; an intruder alert system has been tripped. Golf Ball hears the alert and goes to her underground factory to investigate. iance finally gets out of the ground and most of the team passes out because of exhaustion. Flower says that Four deserves the emerald, and gives it to him. Four tells Flower that her team was slow, but are safe nonetheless. iance, though late, finishes 6th, and now Bleh and Beep are left.

Book is then seen about to talk to Taco, but Book bumps into Pin. Book condescendingly asks Pin what she wants, which makes Pin decide not to talk to Book, because she believes that Book will push her away like last time as they were attending Match's party. Book then says that it's different now, and does not want to associate with FreeSmart. Book explains: she doesn't want herself and Ice Cube to be affected by the kind of behavior that FreeSmart had. Pin asks how Book's plan was going but quickly changes the subject by asking about what was her problem with Taco and tells Book that how they Bleh were doing in "What Do You Think of Roleplay?" was not how a functional team acts. Book explains that she believed Taco was abandoning the team but she was wrong and she said she was going to try to make things right. Pin gives Book advice by telling her to give the team what they want and not what she wants. Book doubts if her team wanted freedom.

The lava has spilled upwards[]

Suddenly, Barf Bag alerts everyone that the lava is coming out of the holes and attempts to wake iance up, but then realizes that lava is coming out the hole that iance has dug. The lava bursts out of the hole then lands on the ground, killing both Barf Bag and almost all of iance. Book sees Ice Cube and Taco about to get killed by lava and has a change of heart towards Taco. Book pushes Taco and Ice Cube away, who land onto the restroom roof. Book, who has sacrificed herself to protect the two, subsequently dies in lava. Lollipop then protects the rest of Bleh with her Fork Repellent, which somehow creates a protective bubble around the team. She then states that the repellent is "multi-purpose".

Cake and Coiny decide to go into Golf Ball's Underground Factory, so Coiny decides to tell the rest of The Losers! to follow him. However, they do not come. Coiny realizes that there is lava everywhere, and Cake tells Coiny that everyone is probably dead. A bunch of recommended characters are shown being killed by the lava. Coiny tells Cake to rush into the factory. Meanwhile, Spongy is seen in space with his private jet, saying that not everyone is dead.

Beep is still seen trying to break the floor with Naily, ignoring the sirens. The lava then kills Balloony, which makes Cloudy glad that he's short, to which Rocky agrees. However, Cloudy is now worried about Woody because he is medium height, but Woody falls on his back so he's shorter. Naily tells the others to stop comparing heights and tells them to start breaking the floor with her. Beep (and Naily) continue to break the floor.

Golf Ball looks at the roof of her underground factory which is about to be broken. She wants to figure out who the intruders are so she looks closely at the roof, which is almost broken. The roof breaks, which makes lava, Naily, and Woody burst out the hole that was just made. The lava then kills Golf Ball, Cloudy and Rocky.

Inside Golf Ball's factory[]

Naily and Woody then rush to the stairs, where Naily apologizes to Woody about stabbing him seven years ago. Woody forgives her and the two run into Coiny and Cake. All of them are relieved that they are all alive, but Naily asks why Coiny is running down the stairs. Coiny replies that there's lava coming from above, then asks why Naily and Woody are running up the stairs. Naily replies that there's lava coming from below, too.

Woody spots a deprecated trash chute and points it out to the others. Naily states that they could try, but the trash chute is all boarded up. Coiny says that it's no big deal, as he could break it, so Woody, Naily, and Cake throw him over. Coiny manages to open the trash chute, but ends up falling into the lava. With Coiny gone, Woody, Naily, and Cake are now left.

Naily and Cake say that the hole is too narrow for them, but point out that Woody can pass through the chute if he enters sideways. Woody feels nervous and sad that he has to leave the two, but they tell him that he should just go and to remember the two. They then throw Woody into the trash chute, and Cake burns to death, while Naily survives since the lava is not hot enough to burn metal.

Woody falls into the trash chute and ends up falling through the Waterfall, which reminds him of Roboty, and down a staircase area in The Real World. He lands onto a black circle which ends up having an emerald beneath it. Woody grabs it, which makes Beep safe. It turns out that this location is Four's left eyeball. Four, on Spongy's plane, announces that Beep is safe, and Bleh is now UFE. Spongy tells Four to get off his plane, but Four vehemently declines. Meanwhile, Lollipop's Fork Repellent has now run out, and the lava ends up falling on Bleh, almost killing them. Before this, they had dug a hole to survive (as shown in the next episode).

At the end of the episode, it shows Bleh's actual voting boxes.

Stinger[]

Puffball asks Four that if all the emeralds were underground barely below ground level, and in Four's eyeball, why would X still hurtle to the Earth's center? However, Four dismisses her, telling her that her question is "silly". It then cuts to X, who is still hurtling to the center of the earth, X then asks himself "Why am I doing this?". He then continues to pointlessly hurtle towards the center of the Earth.

Still In The Running[]

 Pencil
64th
Pencil TeamIconOUT
 Bracelety
63rd
Bracelety TeamIconOUT
 Liy
62nd
Liy TeamIconOUT
 Roboty
61st
Roboty TeamIconOUT
 Loser
60th
Loser TeamIconOUT
 8-Ball
59th
8Ball TeamIconOUT
 Stapy
58th
Stapy TeamIconOUT
 David
57th
David TeamIconOUT
 Match
56th
Match TeamIconOUT
 Firey Jr.
55th
FireyJr TeamIconOUT
Fanny TeamIcon
Bubble TeamIcon
Flower TeamIcon
Ruby TeamIcon
Cloudy TeamIcon
Nickel TeamIcon
Woody TeamIcon
Rocky TeamIcon
Marker TeamIcon
Foldy TeamIcon
Eraser TeamIcon
Fries TeamIcon
Bell TeamIcon
Gaty TeamIcon
Book TeamIcon
Taco TeamIcon
 Saw
Bleh
Saw TeamIcon
Dora TeamIcon
Coiny TeamIcon
Eggy TeamIcon
 Pin
Losers
Pin TeamIcon
Clock TeamIcon
Needle TeamIcon
Firey TeamIcon
Cake TeamIcon
Leafy TeamIcon
 Pen
DeathPACT
Pen TeamIcon
Tree TeamIcon
Remote TeamIcon
 Pie
DeathPACT
Pie TeamIcon
Pillow TeamIcon
Bottle TeamIcon
Donut TeamIcon
Spongy TeamIcon
Bomby TeamIcon
Naily TeamIcon
Grassy TeamIcon
Blocky TeamIcon
 TV
BetterName
TV TeamIcon

Characters[]

Main[]

Team Ice Cube![]

Iance[]

Bleh[]

Beep[]

Free Food[]

A Better Name Than That[]

Death P.A.C.T[]

The Losers![]

Minor[]

Cameo[]

Votes[]

The previous episode was a non-elimination episode, so the viewers voted for their favorite characters. 34,636 votes were cast.

Contestant Team(s) Votes Percentage of votes
Eggy TeamIcon Eggy Losers 70 0.22%
Basketball TeamIcon Basketball BetterName 80 0.23%
RobotFlower TeamIcon Robot Flower BetterName 112 0.32%
Naily TeamIcon Naily TeamIceCube 120 0.34%
Foldy TeamIcon Foldy FreeFood 130 0.37%
Pillow TeamIcon Pillow DeathPACT 130 0.37%
Roboty TeamIcon Roboty BEEP 151 0.43%
Clock TeamIcon Clock Losers 158 0.45%
Bell TeamIcon Bell FreeFood 180 0.52%
Fries TeamIcon Fries FreeFood 186 0.54%
8Ball TeamIcon 8-Ball BetterName 189 0.54%
Stapy TeamIcon Stapy FreeFood 192 0.55%
Eraser TeamIcon Eraser FreeFood 192 0.55%
Snowball TeamIcon Snowball Iance 212 0.61%
Pie TeamIcon Pie DeathPACT 219 0.63%
Bomby TeamIcon Bomby TeamIceCube 227 0.65%
Nickel TeamIcon Nickel BEEP 250 0.72%
FireyJr TeamIcon Firey Jr. TeamIceCube 263 0.75%
Lightning TeamIcon Lightning Iance 273 0.78%
Needle TeamIcon Needle Losers 277 0.79%
Marker TeamIcon Marker FreeFood 281 0.81%
TV TeamIcon TV BetterName 302 0.87%
Balloony TeamIcon Balloony BEEP 306 0.88%
Gaty TeamIcon Gaty Bleh 313 0.90%
Donut TeamIcon Donut TeamIceCube 313 0.90%
Bottle TeamIcon Bottle DeathPACT 319 0.92%
Liy TeamIcon Liy DeathPACT 337 0.97%
Blocky TeamIcon Blocky BetterName 341 0.98%
Cloudy TeamIcon Cloudy BEEP 343 0.99%
Grassy TeamIcon Grassy BetterName 354 1.02%
Cake TeamIcon Cake Losers 364 1.05%
Saw TeamIcon Saw Bleh 386 1.11%
Fanny TeamIcon Fanny Iance 392 1.13%
Bracelety TeamIcon Bracelety TeamIceCube 406 1.17%
Dora TeamIcon Dora Bleh 414 1.19%
Gelatin TeamIcon Gelatin TeamIceCube 437 1.26%
Book TeamIcon Book Bleh 467 1.34%
Barf Bag TeamIcon Barf Bag TeamIceCube 472 1.36%
David TeamIcon David BEEP 481 1.38%
Coiny TeamIcon Coiny Losers 482 1.39%
Puffball TeamIcon Puffball FreeFood 501 1.44%
YellowFace TeamIcon Yellow Face FreeFood 529 1.52%
Lollipop TeamIcon Lollipop Bleh 532 1.53%
Remote TeamIcon Remote DeathPACT 550 1.58%
Tree TeamIcon Tree DeathPACT 570 1.64%
Pin TeamIcon Pin Losers 579 1.67%
Match TeamIcon Match Iance 587 1.69%
Ruby TeamIcon Ruby Iance 640 1.84%
Flower TeamIcon Flower Iance 660 1.90%
Pencil TeamIcon Pencil Iance 706 2.03%
Golf Ball TeamIcon Golf Ball BetterName 714 2.06%
Ice Cube TeamIcon Ice Cube Bleh 741 2.13%
Spongy TeamIcon Spongy TeamIceCube 755 2.17%
Teardrop TeamIcon Teardrop Bleh 774 2.23%
Tennis Ball TeamIcon Tennis Ball BetterName 817 2.35%
Loser TeamIcon Loser Losers 908 2.62%
Rocky TeamIcon Rocky BEEP 1,069 3.08%
Woody TeamIcon Woody BEEP 1,191 3.43%
Pen TeamIcon Pen DeathPACT 1,215 3.50%
Firey TeamIcon Firey Losers 1,432 4.13%
Taco TeamIcon Taco Bleh 1,637 4.72%
Bubble TeamIcon Bubble Iance 1,969 5.68%
Leafy TeamIcon Leafy BEEP 2,164 6.24%
Losers
Black Hole TeamIcon Black Hole DeathPACT 2,275 6.56%

iance votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Snowball TeamIcon Snowball 212 0.61%
Lightning TeamIcon Lightning 273 0.78%
Fanny TeamIcon Fanny 392 1.13%
Match TeamIcon Match 587 1.69%
Ruby TeamIcon Ruby 640 1.84%
Flower TeamIcon Flower 660 1.90%
Pencil TeamIcon Pencil 706 2.03%
Bubble TeamIcon Bubble 1,969 5.68%
Total: 5,439 15.659%

Beep votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Roboty TeamIcon Roboty 151 0.43%
Nickel TeamIcon Nickel 250 0.72%
Balloony TeamIcon Balloony 306 0.88%
Cloudy TeamIcon Cloudy 343 0.99%
David TeamIcon David 481 1.38%
Rocky TeamIcon Rocky 1,069 3.08%
Woody TeamIcon Woody 1,191 3.43%
Leafy TeamIcon Leafy 2,164 6.24%
Total: 5,955 17.15%

Team Ice Cube! votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Naily TeamIcon Naily 120 0.34%
Bomby TeamIcon Bomby 227 0.65%
FireyJr TeamIcon Firey Jr. 263 0.75%
Donut TeamIcon Donut 313 0.90%
Bracelety TeamIcon Bracelety 406 1.17%
Gelatin TeamIcon Gelatin 437 1.26%
Barf Bag TeamIcon Barf Bag 472 1.36%
Spongy TeamIcon Spongy 755 2.17%
Total: 2993 8.6%

Death P.A.C.T. votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Pillow TeamIcon Pillow 130 0.37%
Pie TeamIcon Pie 219 0.63%
Bottle TeamIcon Bottle 319 0.92%
Liy TeamIcon Liy 337 0.97%
Remote TeamIcon Remote 550 1.58%
Tree TeamIcon Tree 570 1.64%
Pen TeamIcon Pen 1,215 3.50%
Black Hole TeamIcon Black Hole 2,275 6.56%
Total: 5,615 16.169%

The Losers! votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Eggy TeamIcon Eggy 70 0.22%
Clock TeamIcon Clock 158 0.45%
Needle TeamIcon Needle 277 0.79%
Cake TeamIcon Cake 364 1.05%
Coiny TeamIcon Coiny 482 1.39%
Pin TeamIcon Pin 579 1.67%
Loser TeamIcon Loser 908 2.62%
Firey TeamIcon Firey 1,432 4.13%
Leafy TeamIcon Leafy 2,164 6.24%
Total[2]: 6,434 18.56%

A Better Name Than That votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Basketball TeamIcon Basketball 80 0.23%
RobotFlower TeamIcon Robot Flower 112 0.32%
8Ball TeamIcon 8-Ball 189 0.54%
TV TeamIcon TV 302 0.87%
Blocky TeamIcon Blocky 341 0.98%
Grassy TeamIcon Grassy 354 1.02%
Golf Ball TeamIcon Golf Ball 714 2.06%
Tennis Ball TeamIcon Tennis Ball 817 2.35%
Total: 2,909 8.37%

Free Food votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Foldy TeamIcon Foldy 130 0.37%
Bell TeamIcon Bell 180 0.52%
Fries TeamIcon Fries 186 0.54%
Stapy TeamIcon Stapy 192 0.55%
Eraser TeamIcon Eraser 192 0.55%
Marker TeamIcon Marker 281 0.81%
Puffball TeamIcon Puffball 501 1.44%
YellowFace TeamIcon Yellow Face 529 1.52%
Total: 2,191 6.3%

Bleh votes[]

Contestant Votes Percentage of total votes
Gaty TeamIcon Gaty 313 0.90%
Saw TeamIcon Saw 386 1.11%
Dora TeamIcon Dora 414 1.19%
Book TeamIcon Book 467 1.34%
Lollipop TeamIcon Lollipop 532 1.53%
Ice Cube TeamIcon Ice Cube 741 2.13%
Teardrop TeamIcon Teardrop 774 2.23%
Taco TeamIcon Taco 1,637 4.72%
Total: 5,264 15.149%

Continuity references[]

  • This is the first episode to show Gelatin's claustrophobia since "Get in the Van". But this time, he pushes Naily off Bomby, instead of pushing Spongy, Book, Ice Cube, Rocky, Tennis Ball or Golf Ball off Puffball.
  • References to "Zeeky Boogy Doog":
    • Golf Ball's Underground Factory has the BFDIA grass around its entrance.
      • It most likely got moved between the events of "Zeeky Boogy Doog" and this episode.
    • Nickel gets eaten by Rocky, just like in "Zeeky Boogy Doog", when he gets eaten by Teardrop.
    • When Book dies, the screaming sound from "Zeeky Boogy Doog" is reused, more specifically when she is flung off the Eiffel Tower.
    • The Dream Sauce and the Oven-O-Tron 2000 is also another reference to "Zeeky Boogy Doog".
    • The sound of recommended characters burning in the lava is yet another reference to "Zeeky Boogy Doog", just sped up.
  • Book talks to Pin again. The latter also brings up Match's dance party, and "It's best to think about what they want, instead of what Book wants", advice she has given by Pin in "Get in the Van".
  • Naily saying she's sorry for stabbing Woody 7 years ago is a reference to Naily's audition to debut in "The Reveal".
  • During the scene where Woody falls from the garbage chute and into Four's eye, there is a reference to "BFDI APPISIOTE 225555555!!!!!", when a board of wood falls down a flight of stairs.
  • Spongy flew away in one of the Spaceships from "Gardening Hero". The spaceship has been redesigned from its previous appearance.
    • He calls them "private jets".
  • When Bleh's voting screen is shown, it starts with the design used from "Get to the Top in 500 Steps" onward, but becomes static and reverts to the original design, presumably to show Bleh's voting icons.
  • Flower saying "Four deserves this treasure." is a reference to "Getting Teardrop to Talk".
    • The respective audio cue is also played.
  • Eraser smiling with three sets of teeth after Free Food wins may be a reference to "Paper Towel".
  • Robot Flower says "That's highly unlikely", which is a reference to "Four Goes Too Far" when she says the exact same line.
  • Golf Ball's depiction of the team trying to avoid her consisted of everyone who switched from Team No-Name during the course of BFDIA, with FreeSmart burning in the lava.
  • After Spongy cannonballs into the water, his laugh is re-used from "Get in the Van".
  • When Nickel gets eaten, he has BFDI(A) assets.
    • This is because it was most likely re-used from Zeeky Boogy Doog when Teardrop ate him.
  • Teardrop's voting icon pose is a reference to her IDFB voting icon pose.

Cultural references[]

  • The title of the episode is a reference to the 2011 video game Minecraft, where many players warn others to not dig straight down due to lava potentially being underground.
  • Lightning calling Flower "Flowey" may be a reference to Undertale.
    • This may also be a call-back to "BFB 13 this Thursday.", which was a Megalovania remix.
    • However, this may be a coincidence as most nicknames often end with "-y".
    • This could also be a coincidence as Lightning tends to pronounce names wrong. In "Getting Teardrop to Talk", he called Stapy "Staply", who hated that nickname.
  • The way iance digs past the recommended characters is similar to Dig Dug.
  • The design of the Inverted Planet may be a reference to the Hollow Earth theory.

Trivia[]

  • This is the only episode in BFB that Cary animated.
  • The episode continues from where the previous episode, "Return of the Rocket Ship", left off.
    • This is the reason why this episode did not have a Cake at Stake.
  • Three new animators join the show: Joseph Pak, Allen Lee, and TopHatTheHat.
    • The latter had already done work for the show before this episode.
  • A short preview was shown during the 2019 Crossover Meetup. It was a scene of Golf Ball and Tennis Ball talking about how warm it is and was a 10-second loop.
  • In the visualization of Golf Ball's theory, the people who were running away from the lava were members of the W.O.A.H. Bunch, specifically the ones that switched to that team after BFDIA 1.
    • They are also sorted in the order they joined the team, starting from Teardrop to Spongy.
    • The people dying in lava were official members of FreeSmart, excluding Ice Cube.
  • The episode was initially set to release on August 7, 2019, but was pushed back a week due to Satomi Hinatsu flying to New York and some paperwork issues.[3]
    • The episode was moved to release on August 14, 2019, but was pushed to August 24, 2019 due to Michael's apartment being fumigated for a cockroach infestation.[4]
  • Barf Bag starts the intro of this episode.
    • She is the first BFB contestant to start the intro more than once (the first time in "Questions Answered").
  • Black Hole, Bottle, Bubble, Clock, Firey, Pie, Pillow, Remote, and Tree didn't appear. However, the contestants on Death P.A.C.T., except Black Hole and Pillow, were shown to grab the emerald and Pen mentioned them.
    • Firey doesn't appear ironically, considering the events that happened this episode. but in the 13-71a.fla appears in form of cameo blocked by Spongy.
  • Pen was the only Death P.A.C.T. member to appear physically, as the others had their arms shown.
  • This episode marks the first time that Bleh is up for elimination.
  • This is the first BFB episode since "Questions Answered" in which X does not make an appearance in the main plot, although he did appear in the stinger of the episode.
  • This is the first stinger that Four appears in.
  • Out of all the season 4 episodes, this episode has the most deaths, with 112 (including the recommended characters).
    • Spongy is responsible for a majority of the deaths in the episode due to his weight releasing the lava from the Inverted Planet's lake.
    • The majority of the objects that did not take shelter, such as Barf Bag, all of iance except for Flower, and the recommended characters, or sacrificed themselves, such as Bomby, Book, Cake, and Donut, died in the first lava geyser or eventually died later due to exposure to lava.
    • The number of contestants that died in this episode has a total of 36 - a rate of 1.5 contestant deaths per minute.
    • Spongy, Puffball, Bell, Foldy, Woody, every member of Bleh except Book, every member of Death P.A.C.T., Blocky, Tennis Ball, Robot Flower, Needle, Flower, Gelatin, Leafy, Coiny, Naily, and Firey were the only contestants to survive the events of this episode. While not explicitly shown in the episode per-se, the rest of the aforementioned contestants from Bell onward excluding Death P.A.C.T. were revealed to have survived in the following episode.
      • While Coiny and Naily were assumed to be dead by the end of the episode, the following episode reveals that they did indeed survive due to being metal and thus not actually burning (see The Four is Lava#Trivia). Firey naturally survives due to being fire.
      • Bleh can also be assumed to have died by the end of the episode, due to the lava apparently collapsing on them, but the following episode also reveals that they survived due to Lollipop continously using fork repellent.
    • Bomby (who sacrificed himself for his team) and Nickel (who got eaten by Rocky) are the only characters whose deaths weren't caused by exposure to lava.
    • Death P.A.C.T. is the only team to not have any of their members die on screen. The latter of which even survived the events of the episode altogether, as they are still inside Four.
  • There is a recommended character in the episode by the name of "Paper", and resembles that of Paper from Inanimate Insanity's early debut pose.
  • Beep, iance, and A Better Name Than That were the only 3 teams who actually found emeralds, as Death P.A.C.T, Team Ice Cube!, and The Losers! all used the emerald that ABNTT found, and Free Food turned in Yellow Face's plastic lookalikes.
  • Dora's hair has been changed for the intro.
  • Taking the first letters off of "Buried Forest, Deciduously Insulated" spells out "BFDI".
  • The text spelled out by iance with the dead patches of grass is "HELLO DEAR GOLF BALL, IT IS iance. WE WOULD LIKE TO EMERGE TO THE SURFACE, BUT YOUR PRESENCE IS PREVENTING US FROM DOING SO. WE BELIEVE YOU ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO POSITION YOURSELF IN THE". The text is cut off at this point.
    • Robot Flower said that there were 2,763 dead patches of grass, but if you count the ones on screen it amounts to approximately 1415 (just over half of 2,763); further proof towards the text being longer.
  • At 11:39, Rocky eats Nickel. In the process, Nickel looks like his BFDIA look but in the color orange.
  • Foldy is back to her original form instead of being in a "partially folded" form in BFB 13.
  • This is the 3rd episode in the series with multiple parts, the others being BFDI 1, and BFDIA 5.
    • This is the first multi-part episode not denoted with letters.
  • When Golf Ball is explaining her strategy to prevent iance from resurfacing and subsequently become up for elimination, the text in square brackets quickly spells out "GOLF BALL IS A SUPER GENIUS!"
  • This marks the first time Donut has died since his first death in "Get in the Van".
  • Grassy, Basketball, TV, Fries, Eraser, Marker, Yellow Face, Pin, and Eggy died off-screen.
  • This is jacknjellify's most viewed video from 2019, with slightly more views than the next episode, "The Four is Lava".
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    The distorted Gelatin face as seen in the episode

    The bubble reflection of Gelatin at 6:42 consists of his distorted look from the spoiler alert warning seen in the BFDIA 5c announcement video.[5]
  • In the shot with the lava spewing from iance's hole, Snowball is the only one who made an effort to get away before the lava killed him.
  • This is the first episode to have the recommended characters in the credits, which would continue from this episode onwards.
  • This is the last episode of BFDI to have international subtitles.
  • This is the second canon episode of the BFDI franchise using a combination of animation and live action, after "Bowling, Now with Explosions!" eight years prior to this episode.
  • If BFDI's world is similar to Earth, X travelling at 2763 miles per hour means that the entire episode only took place in the span of about 90 minutes, since Earth's is only 3963 miles deep, and it is unknown how long X was travelling through the planet.

Credits[]

Voice acting[]

Bell, Dora, Eggy, Eraser, Gaty, Ice Cube, Leafy, Rocky, and Saw appear; however, they do not speak.

Soundtrack[]

Name Timestamp
music of four's 3D hand 0:06 - 0:24
Chapter Complete 0:27 - 0:59
Coins (Remix) 1:24 - 2:12
Dinklie 2:43 - 3:34
Chugvolution 3:35 - 4:22
Lighto (2016 Version) (Slows downs around the end) 4:32 - 5:03
5:43 - 5:58
Gkfifphoh 5:18 - 5:31
Park 5:59 - 6:23
Hit It 6:35 - 7:22
Cart 7:57 - 8:37
9:07 - 10:16
Triton 10:42 - 11:44
Season Coming to an End 11:49 - 12:28
Driving 13:08 - 13:16
18:22 - 18:27
Consy 14:05 - 15:05
15:22 - 16:01
83_22222 16:25 - 16:43
Sweeper 16:49 - 18:09
The Show 18:31 - 19:06
Night Mote 22:03 - 22:08
Lade (Remix) 22:28 - 22:33
Lade Change at 23:00 22:38 - 23:35

Goofs[]

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  • At 3:43 and 3:53, Lightning has no mouth. This might be from Flower covering Lightning's mouth.
  • Fries has all six of his fries back despite Lollipop eating one in "Return of the Rocket Ship".
  • Rocky is still colored orange, despite turning back to gray in "What Do You Think of Roleplay?".
  • When Donut approves Gelatin's suggestion of filling Barf Bag with water, his left leg overlaps the waterfall beside him.
  • When Bomby fills Barf Bag with water, an inanimate Barf Bag in the water can be seen at the bottom left of the screen.
  • at 7:19, "Cannonball" is spelt wrong.
  • At 8:45 when Donut jumps down to save Spongy there are 4 pairs of arms, even though Donut is no longer pulling.
  • At 9:06 the lava is entering the tunnel, but in the next shot, we see it the level is significantly below it. It enters the tunnel a second time when Barf Bag says "The lava just went through this tunnel".
    BFB screenshot lavabubbles

    The masking error (notice the bubbles are way off)

  • When iance was digging through the dirt to escape the lava, Flower was digging even though her shovel didn't make contact with the dirt.
  • At 14:35, the closed captions for Golf Ball saying "heat" says "hear", as a typo.
    • Similarly, at 15:54, the caption says "belileve" instead of "believe".
  • At 11:50 Gelatin only has one arm when him and Barf Bag make it back to the surface.
  • When Woody starts to dig after Balloony asked him, a dot appears on the floor.
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No lava shown

  • Ice Cube didn't come out of the hole when iance escaped from the lava.
  • At exactly 18:49, the bubbles from the lava get misplaced for several frames. This is most likely a masking error.
  • Based on the speed of the lava flowing downwards, Rocky should've been burnt after Woody fell on his side.
  • At 20:03, there's no lava shown above Beep when there should be. This is most likely a camera misposition error.
  • When Balloony is trying to break into the factory using Naily, he is repeatedly holding Naily over his head, and subsequently afterward gets burnt by the lava. However, Naily is unharmed.
    • This may be due to Naily's heat resistance as shown in BFB 15, although, this alone does not solve the fact that Balloony's hands did not burn along with him.
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    The small part of Spongy clipping out of his spaceship

    A small part of Spongy is clipping out of his spaceship after the camera zooms out of Four's eye and in the stinger.
  • When Naily and Cake throw Woody, the yellow fan and the hole that drops acid disappears.
  • When the lava sprouts out of iance's hole, one of the shovels is layered above the lava.
  • When Barf Bag tells iance to get up, the burnt grass spots are missing.
  • In 8:59, Gelatin's arm disappears when Barf Bag starts talking.

Deaths[]

  • Donut is burned to death by lava in order to save Spongy.
  • Bomby ignites his fuse using lava to launch up Gelatin, Barf Bag, and Naily to the surface.
  • Nickel is eaten by Rocky to produce acid barf.
  • Barf Bag is burned to death when the lava spews out of the ground.
  • The members of iance (except Flower) are burned to death by lava.
  • Book is burned to death by a wave of lava.
  • 85 recommended characters are burned to death by lava.
  • Balloony is incinerated by lava.
  • Cloudy and Rocky are burned to death by lava.
  • Golf Ball is killed when lava spews into her factory.
  • Cake is burned to death by lava.
  • Basketball, Grassy, TV, Eraser, Fries, Marker, Yellow Face, Eggy, and Pin are burned to death by lava off-screen.

References[]

2019 episodes
Return of the Rocket ShipDon't Dig Straight DownThe Four is Lava
Battle for Dream Island episodes and other videos
Totalfireyislandshort TFI: "Crying Contest" • "Balance Beam" • "Mile Run" • "Elimination Volleyball!" • "Rope Climb" • "Dodgeball" • "Spelling Bee" • "Breath Holding Contest" • "Dice!" • "Spinner" • "Bowling 1" • "Bowling 2" • "Stack 1" • "Stack 2" • "Hurdles 1" • "Hurdles 2" • "Hurdles 3 and 'WETHFPC'" • "Jumbo"


TFS: "Mountain Climb" (unreleased)

TFP: "Balance Beam" • "Dodge Ball" • "Mountain Climb" • "Balloon Toss" • "Teams" • "Boats" • "Bridge Crossing" • "Eating" • "Pyramid" • "Pole Vaulting" • "Test Taking" • "Obstacle Course" (all unreleased)

BFDI1 BFDI: "Take the Plunge (Take the Plunge: Part 1" • "Take the Plunge: Part 2)" • "Barriers and Pitfalls" • "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?" • "Sweet Tooth" • "Bridge Crossing" • "Power of Three" • "Puzzling Mysteries" • "Cycle of Life" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare" • "Crybaby!" • "Lofty" • "A Leg Up in the Race" • "Don't Lose Your Marbles" • "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None" • "Vomitaco" • "Bowling, Now with Explosions!" • "The Reveal" • "Reveal Novum" • "Rescission" • "Gardening Hero" • "The Glistening" • "Don't Pierce My Flesh" • "Hurtful!" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare 2" • "Return of the Hang Glider"

BFDIA2 BFDIA: "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know" • "Get Digging" • "Insectophobe's Nightmare 3" • "Zeeky Boogy Doog" • BFDIA 5 ("Get in the Van" • "BFDIA 5b" • "No More Snow!" • "It's a Monster" • "The Long-lost Yoyle City") • "Well Rested" • "Intruder Alert" • "Meaty" • "Catch These Hands" • "Taste the Sweetness"

IDFB3 IDFB: "Welcome Back"

B.F.B BFB: "Getting Teardrop to Talk" • "Lick Your Way to Freedom" • "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset" • "Today's Very Special Episode" • "Fortunate Ben" • "Four Goes Too Far" • "The Liar Ball You Don't Want" • "Questions Answered" • "This Episode Is About Basketball" • "Enter the Exit" • "Get to the Top in 500 Steps" • "What Do You Think of Roleplay?" • "Return of the Rocket Ship" • "Don't Dig Straight Down" • "The Four is Lava" • "The Escape from Four" • "X Marks the Spot" • "Take the Tower" • "How Loe Can You Grow?" • "A Taste of Space" • "Let's Raid The Warehouse" • "Who Stole Donut's Diary?" • "Fashion For Your Face!" • "The Game Has Changed" • "The Tweested Temple" • "The Hidden Contestant" • "Uprooting Everything" • "B.F.B. = Back From Beginning" • "SOS (Save Our Show)" • "Chapter Complete"

TPOT Abbreviated BFDI:TPOT: "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?" • "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life" • "Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters" • "Gardening Zero" • "Fishes and Dishes" • "The Great Goikian Bake-Off" • "The Seven Wonders of Goiky" • "Balancing P.A.C.T." • "Outbreak At Stake" • "Oneirophobe's Nightmare"

Upcoming: IDFB 2BFDI:TPOT 11BFDIA 11

Shorts: "Thanks for 4 years!" • "BFDI Is Back" • "Paper Towel" • "Ballers" • "Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!" • "HELP US get to VIDCON 2019" • "Happy Birthday, Battle for BFDI!" • "BFDI's Road to Half a Billion Views" • "You're A Loser, But..." • "Thanks for 600,000 subscribers!" • "Thanks for 700,000 subscribers!" • "Aw, Seriously?" • "BFB Contestants React to Wiki Comments" • "Thanks for 800,000 subscribers!" • "PUMPKIN 2.0 - BFDI Halloween Shorts" • "If Among Us Was a BFDI Challenge" • "If X-MAS in Among Us was a BFDI Challenge" • "Unboxing 3 Silver Play Buttons (and a BFB 30 announcement!)" • "Thanks for 900,000 subscribers!" • "Thanks for 1,000,000 subscribers!" • "Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!" • "Claustrophobe's Nightmare • "Twosday" • "Fish and Chips" • "Why is the BFDI Mouth everywhere?" • "Firey and Gelatin Steal a Van" • "Thanks for 1,500,000 Subscribers!" • "Thanks for 2,000,000 Subscribers!" • "Pie Vs Pi: The Pi Day Massacre"

BFDI Mini: BFDI Mini episodesBFDI Mini Again episodesBFDI Mini Deluxe episodesBFDI Mini, Seriously! episodesBFDI Mini Delicious episodesBFDI Mini Replicas episodes

Plush videos: "The Official Firey Plush is here!" • "Who's The Real Firey? (ft. Leafy Plush)" • "Hello Woody! (Now available to order)" • "The Loser Plush is here!" • "The Official Four and X Plush" • "Marker and Coiny plush have arrived!" • "when you bake a cake (ft. TWO PLUSH)"

Reanimated specials: "BFDI 1a+1b Reanimated! Fan-made MAP (Multi Animator Project)" • "BFDIA 1 Re-Animated By 95 People! - (Fan-Made)" • "IDFB 1 Re-Animated By 108 People! (Fan-Made)"

Cancelled/Unknown: Yoylecake Winning Celebration CartoonDecember 2016 Short50 million views videoUnknown announcement video

YTPMVs: "Intensive BFDI Unit" • "Rock My BFDI" • "BFDI-chapp" • "3000 Subbies" • "Eliminating BFDI" • Dear Viewers" • 6000 Subscribers" • "Thanks for 20,000 subscribers! (Last BFDI)" • "BFB 13 this Thursday." • ""Revenge", except every syllable is from BFDI" • "UNREAL BFDI — Thanks for 1 Billion Views!" • "I HOPE ITS NOT ME - composed by @legotd61"

Songs: "All I Want for X-mas — SONG by Four & X from BFB" • "Lo-Fi Beats to Yoyle To" • "Message to Loser (Lyric Video) - SONG by Four from BFB" • "Jingle BELL Rock 🔔 Song with Four, Bell, Seven" • "Just Push Through It (Songify BFDI by Schmoyoho)" • "This Is BFB: Season Recap (Lyric Video)" • "Antony Kos - Hey Two! (Extended Cake at Stake song) Lyric Video" • "Counting on Christmas" • "16 Years of Jacknjellify! 🎂 (Music Video)"

Promotional: "Vote Yoylecake" • "You can help BFDI win an Award!" • "VOTE for who the next BFDI PLUSH should be!" • "The Firey Plush is ON SALE + NEW BFDI HOODIE!" • "What if BFDI was in r/place?" • "BFDI *was* in r/place!" • "BFDI & Inanimate Insanity Meet Up!" • "TWO OF THEM!? - BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2023 Event"

Meetup videos: "BFDI and II Finally Cross Over" • "*struggles to contain fans at 2019 meetup*" • "II + BFDI back together again!" • "The 22 Best Questions You Asked Us — BFDI + II Meetup" • "3,000 PEOPLE came to the BFDI x II Meetup in LA…"

Episode compilations: "Blocky Prank Compilation - Battle for Dream Island" • "Best BFDI Season 1a moments (according to data from you viewers!)" • "Every FAKE AD in BFDI — Yellow Face Compilation" • "Best BFDI Crushes to Date! — Compilation"

TikTok compilations: "BFDI TikTok Compilation" • "Top BFDI/A TikToks Compilation" • "BFB TikTok Compilation" • "We asked TikTok to VOTE the best object - BFDI Mini" • "All our food does THIS... — BFDI's Best TikToks of 2020" • "Firey Discovers Gravity (BFDI TikTok Compilation)" • "TikTok voted on our objects again: BFDI MINI DELUXE" • "10 "David"s, One Winner — BFDI MINI SERIOUSLY" • "A Food Battle for the Ages— BFDI MINI DELICIOUS"

Announcement videos: "???" • "A super fresh minty clean announcement" • "Doing It Again!" • "BFDI Second Season Voting" • "12/12/12" • "Choose Your Fate" • "Back 2 School Bad News" • "BFDI's Best Hiatus Ever" • "Bring BFDI Episode 1 Part 2 Back (also YouTube face reveal)" • "BFDI Episode 1 Part 2 is back online!" • "Let's keep BFDI casual"

Livestreams: "BFDI 1 "Take the Plunge" Tutorial Stream" • "BFDI 2 "Barriers and Pitfalls" Tutorial Hangout" • "BFDI 3 "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?" Tutorial Hangout" • "(STREAM) Wirking on an announcement video" • "Installing a new graphics card in Cary's computer!" • "2918 meetup steam"

Non-Jacknjellify videos: "Salmon Fiveyears" • "BFDI Mini-Season - "Marbles"" • "Ruby and her 35 sisters in ABCDEFG" • "The Lost Ice Cube Recordings" • "BFDI Recommended Characters" • "Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide Instagram promotion" • "Four and X say "Happy New Year!" in 2024!"

Other: Social media-exclusive animations • "The BeiBei Squisher" • "I Can Make a Difference!" • "The Marble Race!" • "When Video Games Malfunction!" • "Doo Doo-Dee Doo" • "X Finds Out His Value" • "First BFDI Animation Ever" • "BFDI Fan Art Reviews" • "BFDI APPISIOTE 225555555!!!!!" • "Happy Halloween" • "BFDIA 6 Deleted Scenes" • "IDFB comments game: FAKE OR REAL?" • "The JingJing Squisher (10 year anniversary)" • "How to Fold your Foldy" • "Apply to join BFDI! Animators, Audio Editors, Background/Prop Artists and More" • "The Secret Behind BFB's Split" • "Recommend a Character - Become a Jacknjellify Member" • "Tribute to Our First Commenter" • "We Discovered Our Forgotten "Firey" Comics" • "All BFDI soundboard videos! (compilation)" • "The LOST NEWSPAPERS of Four and X"

Other pre-BFDI: Character ChartConnections sheetsEarliest "First BFDI Animation"Feb 20 2009 Character BiosFictional BFDI ElectionFirey (comic series)Firey Expansion • "FIREY to keep our customers happy" • Firey Yearbook • "Firey's Candy Bar Adventure" • "Michael's best comic" • School Planner • "The Number Playground Chronicle!"

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